iKeep Safe tells us the story of “Cynthia Moreno| Colinga MySpace Rant Published in Local Newspaper”
After visiting her hometown of Colinga, Cynthia Moreno posted an unofficial complaint to the city on her MySpace page. Her old high school principal found the rant, and sent it to the editor of the local newspaper. It was printed in the “Letters” section. The “letter” whipped up a storm of anger in the town. The Morenos sued the principal for invasion of privacy. They lost.
Parry Aftab tells us about “The Stopcyberbullying Coalition”
We have formed a coaltion to address cyberbullying and ways young people use technology as a weapon to hurt others. If you are a non-profit, charity, foundation, research group, community organization, school, website, media company or blogger, commercial entity, faith-based organization, governmental entity or agency or a law enforcement organization, we’d love to include you. Let me know.
Larry Magid on SafeKids.com tells us “How to Stop Cyberbullying”
The first things you need to know about cyberbullying are that it’s not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. Yes, it’s probably one of the more widespread youth risks on the Internet and yes there are some well publicized cases of cyberbullying victims who have committed suicide, but let’s look at this in context.
CyberPatrol tells us about a Predator Working from Library
I read a very disturbing news story today about a homeless man found using the wireless at an Omaha, NB public library–to entice children. He was found on the third floor, using a laptop to communicate with what he thought was a 14 year old girl. Instead, it was a Detective Sergeant from the Internet Crimes Division.
Livia Web Protection warns about “Spam and Malicious URLs Increase via Shortened URL Services”
The amount of spam and malicious URLs is increasing via shortened URL services. Since Twitter limits Tweets to 140 characters, Twitter users are utilizing shortening URL services such as Bit.ly and TinyURL to send around links to their favorite stories, articles and web pages.
Anne Collier at NetFamilyNews tells us about “Violence in videogames”
Last week I looked at what psychiatrist Stuart Brown says about the power of play and how it can mitigate aggression. This week a look at the videogame part of the picture.
On NetSmarz, “Teens Talk Back: Keeping Summer Safer”
Internet safety is international! Teen Intern Ellen Nadeau shares her thoughts about helping to keep kids safer online all the way from China.
InternetSafety.com thinks that “CNBC’s Special on Porn Softporn Itself?”
Last night CNBC aired “Porn: Business of Pleasure,” a documentary on the current state of the porn industry, hosted by Michelle Lee (this is about the only image from the doc I would be comfortable posting on this blog). To me, the documentary came off as a cross between an industry analysis and a paid advertisement for the porn industry.
PC Pandora asks “Where is Our Cyber-Czar?”
An editorial in the Washington Post caught my eye. The writer takes a very light look (trust me, tip of the berg) at national cyber-security and asks: where’s our Czar?
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